WEBVTT - Introducing: Fault Line: Haditha

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<v Speaker 1>The recordings you're about to hear. The United States government

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know exist. Someone opened the door and was the

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<v Speaker 1>primary shooter. Is it possible you could do that and

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<v Speaker 1>then suppress the memory.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no way in hell that I could go

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<v Speaker 2>in a room with women and children and shoot them.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a chance in hell.

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<v Speaker 1>They are part of a crime that shocked the world,

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<v Speaker 1>the murder of twenty four civilians in the Iraqi town

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<v Speaker 1>of Haditha.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone wants answers, and I'm just really confused about what

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<v Speaker 2>happened that day.

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<v Speaker 1>For years, I secretly filmed the marine at the center

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<v Speaker 1>of this investigation, a staff sergeant who the government charged

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<v Speaker 1>with eighteen counts of murder but who claimed he was innocent.

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<v Speaker 3>I will crucify him and make him look like a

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<v Speaker 3>mass murder.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you won't easy.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think there's any evidence of collusion.

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<v Speaker 2>How can you not know there were women and children there?

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<v Speaker 3>How can you not know what's going on in that room.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Michael Epstein, and I'm a Peabody and

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<v Speaker 1>Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker. For twenty years, I've been

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<v Speaker 1>trying to uncover the truth about the Haditha massacre. During

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<v Speaker 1>that time, I obtained over ten thousand pages of unredacted,

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<v Speaker 1>previously classified documents, and I secretly filmed over one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>hours of footage inside the investigation without the government's knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>or permission. How does a nine millimeter shellcasing get into

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<v Speaker 1>the back bedroom of House two where the children were

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<v Speaker 1>dropped planted?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I was out amo by the time

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<v Speaker 2>we got the house too, so either somebody picked it up,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe it was stuck to someone's boot that stepped on it.

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<v Speaker 1>But perhaps most importantly, I convinced two whistleblowers within the

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<v Speaker 1>NCIS to speak to me on the record about the case.

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<v Speaker 3>If you've got five players and one of them is

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<v Speaker 3>guilty of murder at least, and you offer immunity to

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<v Speaker 3>the other four, you better be right about the fifth,

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<v Speaker 3>because if you're not, then you've just given immunity to

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<v Speaker 3>your color.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to fault Line Jaditha, a new thirteen part podcast

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<v Speaker 1>series starting August twenty fourth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts.